[Set somewhere between The Assassin and the Underworld and The Assassin and the Empire]

Celaena ducked under an awning and pressed herself against the building and as far away from the rain as possible. Sam, laughing, ran up behind her. But, he stayed out in the rain. He spun like a fool, his locks darkening with rainwater. “Get in here, idiot,” Celaena hissed.

Sam laughed harder, “No, you come out here.”

[[MORE]]She pulled away from the wall to put her hands on her hips. “This isn’t funny, Sam.”

He stopped spinning, “Not even a little bit?”

She rolled her eyes. She didn’t need to deal with this. Sticking close to the wall, Celaena began the trek back to their apartment. Out in the rain, Sam followed. Lightning cracked over head, almost startling Celaena into the wall. She grunted when Sam’s laughter started up again.

“Why are you enjoying this so much?” Celaena turned on him. She wrung out her hair, pressing her hands into the curling strands. She’d always hated when it curled. “My hair is ruined.”

“Good,” She spun on Sam, an insult at the tip of her tongue. He said, “Live a little, Sardothien.”

Memories of the last time she’d heard that phrase all flooded back, and she snapped, “I do live. All the time.” Celaena started walking again, her saunter more of a stomp than anything. “This is all your fault.”

Sam’s laugh hit a new octave. “My fault? If you hadn’t punched our bartender in the face, we wouldn’t be in this mess.” She glared at him, and he met her stare headlong.

A burst of thunder startled both of them into ending the starring contest. They turned a corner, and she could finally make out the light of their apartment up ahead. “At least I didn’t throw a table.”

“There were six men running at me! What was I supposed to do?”

Celaena huffed and looked away from him. He was insufferable. “You’re going to catch a cold out there. And then how’ll we complete contracts?”

“Says Adarlan’s Assassin as if she needs my measly help,” Sam sang back. There was a smirk on his lips.

Celaena rolled her eyes again. “Wait,” Sam called as she stepped around the corner. “Wait, Celaena!” She wasn’t listening. She could see the light up ahead and that was the only thing on her mind. There was a crack, but she assumed it was just lightning. And then she was wet.

She gasped and stilled. Sam snapped a hand over his mouth somewhere behind her to hide his obvious chuckles. She hissed, shaking her arms of the water dripping down her. The awning had snapped just above her and all the water pooling in the tarp soaked her.

“Celaena,” Sam’s voice was gentler behind her. “Are you-”

She threw her head back and stared up at the night sky. Although there were dark clouds coating the horizon, if she squinted, she could just make out the stars that made up the Lord of the North. She allowed a small smile to slide onto her lips. Celaena hummed, then spun back and tapped Sam on the shoulder.

With a burst of speed, she took off, screaming, “Race ya!”

Sam laughed and she could hear his shoes hitting the pavement as he followed her. Laughing, Celaena turned the final corner before they reached their building. Live a little, Sardothien, Ansel had said. Somewhere out there, maybe Ansel had been right.

Celaena grinned and sped up.

Heir of Fire moments

Me:I’m ok . Nothing can hurt me now

* Sam nominated*

Me:Oh Oh..

I love how even though Maas herself has confirmed that he is in fact dead, everyone in this fandom still believes Sam’s alive and will come back at some point.

Maybe if we believe hard enough and have enough faith, it’ll actually happen?

Before skulls bay, Sam and Celaena had a love hate relationship

I could be done with The Assassin’s Blade by now, but my heart refuses to finish The Assassin and the Empire because it knows what’s to come. I just love Sam so much. He doesn’t deserve what’s going to happen to him. And poor Celaena. I don’t think I can stand to watch her go through more pain.

“If we live through this, Celaena,” Sam said, heading toward the side street that led to the docks, “remind me to teach you how to play cards properly.”

—

The Assassin and The Pirate Lord. HOly FUCKING SHIT NO NO NO I’M DONE HE NEVER GOT TO TEACH HER CARDS NO NO U SEE THEY HAD MANY CARD GAMES TO PLAY BUT NOPE WERE NOT ALLOW THEM TO SEE THEM GROW OLD TOGETHER

THRONE OF GLASS MODERN AESTHETICS: Celaena and Sam

anonymous asked:

Do you think Sam Cortland is alive?

Sarah J Mass confirmed that Sam is dead. *cries unconsolably* But i have a feeling he is in a happy place chillin with Nehemia right now eating hazelnut truffles and listening to Nehemia’s stories about her. 🙂

THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE : SAM CORTLAND & CELAENA SARDOTHIEN by SARAH J. MAAS“She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever thinks were darkest, and then she would remember how it had felt to be loved, when the world has held nothing but possibility. No matter what they did to her, they could never take that away. She would not break.”

throne of glass headcanon where aelin learned all her vulgar language from her time spent in skulls bay with the pirates and captain rolfe

Why wouldn’t Arobyyn be the assassin who murdered the royal court of Terrasen? Just think about it for a moment. He was conveniently in Terrasen the day it was attacked. He has the Amulet of Orynth, which means he has one of the Wyrdkeys. The keys are directly connected to the Valg princes, who have their own distinct stench. Aelin noted that the smell was similar to the one in her parent’s bedroom after they’d been slaughtered. Arobynn could have been working with/ using the Valg to render his targets unconscious so that he could get the Wyrdkey. The Valg would have listened to him because he could have been allied with the king of Adarlan, who already had his own key and was using it to control the Valg to help Arobbyn carry out the mission. Arobynn could’ve easily lied to the king about taking out the entire Galathynius bloodline, so that he would never know about Aelin being alive. This also leads me to believe that Arobynn had an ultimatum behind preserving Aelin. And he never intended to share her with the king. Remember that last line in The Assassin & the Empire? “I don’t like sharing my belongings.”

I want to talk about Sam Cortland because he doesn’t get talked about enough but I also

“I love those two together but I’m not sure if I love their friendship more than their romance but I also wouldn’t mind if they kissed passionately on occasion even though I’d also like to see them act as siblings but whatever just fuck it they’re both my brotp and otp.”

<Cries over fictional character*

Me: sam cortland?<

Me SAM CORTLAND.

Me:Maybe Sam Cortland will be my always.

Me: *Resumes crying

What if Sam has been in calcula this whole time but escaped at some point and is a totally merciless highwayman now because two years ago Arobynn showed him the mutilated, eyeless corpse of “Celaena” and he lost it. (That was why he was sent to calcula) but then in qos he’s going to try and rob this random girl who will happen to be Celaena than chaol will be really sad cuz he can’t hold a candle to Sam.

I have a hard time shipping Celaena with anyone because I read the prequel series and I will never ship her with anyone as much as I shipped her with same. Chaol is nice. Dorian is nice. Rowan is nice. LITERALLY NONE OF THEM HAVE THE CHEMISTRY THAT SAM HAD WITH HER.

The worst thing about reading the throne of glass novellas

Is that you get Killed with Sam cortland feels to the point that when you go back to the main novels you just feel empty.

Don’t get me wrong I love the love story with chaol but I just loved Sams devotion to her and to see her slowly opening her heart up to him. I haven’t cried over a death in a long time.

What I wouldn’t give for Sam cortland to actually be alive.

I love Throne of Glass! The way they just [clenches fist] The way they just….. [falls to the ground] The way they just….. [begins sobbing] SAM DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG

i don’t care what happens in queen of shadows as long as sam cortland comes back from the dead and that dorian is okay

I’m crying

Why write a novella that happened before the main story, when in the main story you got to know that one of the main characters in the novella, is dead. So you read a whole book and fall in love with a person who you know is dead. Then you get to his death and you really don’t want him to die and really don’t want to read about his death, because that would make him dead. But you do and you cry alot and then it’s over. And he is still dead.

If you haven’t read The Assassins Blade, you’re seriously missing out on some Sam Cortland feels

I literally shipped Celaena with both Dorian and Chaol at one point until I readAssassin’s Blade where I settled on Sam Cortland but that’s not happening so now I don’t care who she ends up with so long as she is aliveandhappy andstill has someone there for her

I don’t think Sam is dead. I never thought Sam was dead, from the first time Celaena mentioned him in book one to the present.

Chaol blinked, seeing Dorian smother a smile behind his hand out of the corner of his eye. “I beg your pardon?”

Aedion raised his eyes to the heavens, swore under his breath once more, then returned to talking about battle charges like nothing had happened.

So remember in Heir of Fire when Aedion and Chaol are talking and Aedion’s like “yeah there’s no way Aelin’s going to see the battlefield” and Chaol thinks to himself “haha I can’t wait to see that argument”???

Well I have this AU where Aelin is back and they’ve gathered all the loyal nobles from Terrasen and they’re in a war council and they’re planning and Aelin’s just like “yeah I’ll lead the charge on the left flank” or something like that and then Aedion’s like “oh hell no” and Aelin’s like “oh hell yes” and then they argue like that for a while but no one seems to be winning and eventually Aedion says “I’ll fight you for it. You choose the weapons and whoever wins decides where you’ll be during the battle.” And Aelin thinks for a minute and then smirks faintly and just says “no.” And Aedion’s just like “haha you’re scared you can’t beat me” and then Aelin says “no, Aedion, I could whoop your ass in a fight but I’m the Queen and what I say goes. You can sit out of this battle in my place if you want, though.” And then Aelin shuts his mouth and everybody else in the room is thinking “Aelin’s awesome we have the coolest queen in Erilea.” And Chaol’s just like “I knew this argument was going to be entertaining but that was way better than I thought.” And Rowan’s smirking and thinking to himself “that’s my girl.” And then Aelin leads the charge on the left flank and totally kicks ass and Aedion’s like “damn Aelin’s such a badass.”

I swear to god, thegoldenttrio, I should be writing my actual work but instead I’m just churning out Chaolaedion. Damn it.

Chaol lay in the dark, staring up at the ceiling, and regretting almost everything that had happened to lead to this situation.
It had been a relatively normal night so far, with Aedion going to sleep almost an hour earlier than him with a small (and admittedly endearing) snuffle and a soft shifting of his legs. But now? Now was when the problem started.
“Aedion.”
Nothing.
“Aedion.”
Still nothing.
“Aedion!”
There was a small groan and a croaked, “what?”
“Move.”
“What?”
“Move. You’re taking up too much space.”
Aedion’s face emerged from the pillow, blinking sleepily. Yet still, he managed to look incredulous. “I beg your pardon?”
Chaol gestured at the mattress, where he was just half an inch from the edge and Aedion took up the majority of the space. “I’m hanging off the edge here. Please move.”
Aedion didn’t do anything but glare for a couple of seconds, then made a grumbling noise. Chaol yelped, finding his back suddenly squashed against Aedion’s chest.
“Shut up and go to sleep,” Aedion mumbled into Chaol’s hair.
Chaol tried to break free, but Aedion said immediately, “don’t wiggle, or it will be awkward for the both of us.”
Celaena found them in a position she called ‘spooning’ the next morning. Fleetfoot eventually jumped on the bed and woke them up, but not before she had called Dorian to have a look and apparently agreed with him that they would both refer to Chaol and Aedion as nothing but “little spoon” and “big spoon” for the rest of the day.

Chaol gets fussy about Aedion’s hair. Bickering ensues. Dorian and Celaena hang around just because it’s funny.( thegoldenttrio​ more fluff because I’m weak)

It began one afternoon while scouring family trees in the library with Dorian.

Aedion’s hair was falling over his face in a soft curtain, swinging rhythmically with every breath. The golden strands would edge into the side of Chaol’s vision, back and forth, back and forth, until eventually his self-control slipped.

“Tie your hair back,” he said quietly.

“I’m sorry?”

“Your hair,” said Chaol, “it’s distracting. Tie it back.”

Aedion stared at him for a long moments, then slowly and deliberately moved his head sideways, dragging the ends of his hair across the pages of the book. “No.”

Chaol stubbornly ignored Dorian’s silent distracting, eh?

***

It turned into an ongoing argument after that. It graduated from terse requests to tie it back, to throwing at him lengths of cord to use as hair ties, to literally grabbing his head and pulling it back every time he walked into the room. Every time Chaol tied it, it would take Aedion only a couple of seconds to shake it loose.

Celaena and Dorian watched them bicker with profound amusement, she attempting to maintain a straight face and Dorian going bright pink from trying not to laugh aloud. Chaol was fairly sure Aedion was playing deadpan to make his cousin laugh.

After several weeks of constant battle, Chaol decided to end it. He issued an ultimatum – either Aedion cut his hair, or Chaol would get Fleetfoot (who was now nearing the weight of a small horse) to sit on him and do it himself.

Aedion came to Chaol’s bedchambers soon enough, with an apology and an immaculate braid courtesy of his cousin.

I haven’t written anything for a couple of days and thought hey, why not? (Forthegoldenttrio)

It took only several seconds for Celaena to notice.
“Why is your tunic so big?”
Chaol felt his face heat up, self-consciously brushing a hand over said tunic. It was definitely a little big, the collar revealing too much undershirt and one shoulder almost slipping off. The belt he’d cinched it in with was doing as much as it could – which wasn’t a lot.
Dorian looked up at the question, and joined the assassin in scrutinizing him. “Have you been eating properly?” the prince said after a moment.
“Yes,” Chaol grumbled.
Dorian’s eyes scrunched up and he tilted his head to the side in a manner reminiscent of Fleetfoot. Celaena copied him without realizing it.
Chaol shifted under their gaze, snapping when they both began to twist their heads in the other direction.
“It’s just a big tunic!” he said sharply.
They both raised their hands in gestures of surrender, Celaena giving an exaggerated shrug.
The rest of the day passed relatively normally, although occasionally Chaol would turn and catch one – or sometimes both – of his friends eyeing the tunic thoughtfully. The mystery (for them, at least) was solved when Aedion strode in around dinner time from a day spent hunting, immediately spotted Chaol, and said unnecessarily loudly, “you should wear my clothes more often.”
Celaena snorted into her drink.
Dorian fell off his chair.

I wrote this mostly just for thegoldenttrio‘s reaction…….you’re welcome.

“Where’s Aedion?”

For some reason, Chaol felt like he was both invisible and drowning at the same time. Everyone was rushing around him, swerving like he was a cold spot – or like they were a hurricane and he was the eye of the storm. A tight feeling had settled in his chest, as if he was underwater and running out of air.

“Where’s Aedion?” he repeated, louder. He could see Dorian and Celaena tending to one another’s wounds a little way off, thankfully not seriously injured – split lips and bruises and Dorian was limping slightly, but nothing life-threatening.

Aedion, however, had disappeared during the fight and had not been seen since. Panic was beginning to set in.

“Where’s Aedion?” he said once more, silently begging someone, anyone, to take notice.

“Aedion?”

Chaol whipped round, internally thanking the gods. A tall, imposing young woman with long, pale hair, a red cloak, and intimidating eyes was standing there, looking at him intently, wiping scarlet blood on her cloak off the end of –

Chaol blinked, swallowing dryly. Iron nails. An ironteeth witch.

“I,” he began, coughed, swallowed again, and said, “yes. Aedion Ashryver – do you know where he is?”

The witch jerked her chin in Celaena and Dorian’s direction. “Her cousin?”

“Yes.”

“I saw him getting carried off,” she said, and Chaol felt like his stomach had just dropped out of his feet. “Wound in the side. Looked deep. Bad, but I don’t think it will be fatal.”

Chaol croaked, “where?”

She tilted her head to the right. “Third sickroom on the left.”

Chaol made a mental note to thank her later, and ran.

The room stank of copper and sweat and a horrible rotten smell that reminded him of vomit was coming from the corner, but Chaol only had eyes for the body on the bed. The massive Ashryver was sprawled on the thin mattress, a light sheen of perspiration covering his skin, armour off and shirt ripped at the side. A bloody bandage formed a lump against Aedion’s side, and his hair was swirling in slender golden threads across the folded tunic acting as a pillow.

Chaol kneeled by the side of the bed and touched Aedion’s forehead hesitantly. “Aedion?”

There was a tense moment when nothing happened, then his eyelids peeled themselves apart and he groaned quietly. “Chaol?”

Chaol felt a lump rise in his throat as his hand moved in a comforting movement , Aedion leaning deliriously into the touch. He’d never seen the Wolf of the North look so vulnerable before. This was Aedion in an almost childlike state, something completely unfamiliar to both Chaol and, he suspected, almost everyone Aedion knew. “Shhh. Don’t strain yourself.”

Aedion made an unintelligible murmur, eyes half-open, and reached an arm up. He took Chaol’s hand – gently, so gently, had Aedion ever handled anything without his signature brute strength, was this the first time in years? – and held it.

“I told you to be careful,” Chaol whispered, unable to help himself. “Now look at you.”

Aedion finally managed to focus his eyes, and if he’d had the strength to roll them, Chaol suspected he would have. He twined their fingers together. “Shut up and hold my hand, captain.”

Chaol was wondering, yet again, why he had agreed to marry Aedion Ashryver.

It happened in under three seconds, and it took him another two seconds to register it – Aedion shaking the hand of a very important army general from Eyllwe, saying, “hello. I’m Chaol Westfall’s husband, Aedion.”

It had obviously taken both Dorian and Celaena shorter amounts of time to gather what had happened, as there was a sudden duet of snorting and Chaol knew that if he turned around he’d see the both of them with their arms wrapped around their midriffs, blue in the face from trying not to laugh.

Chaol could feel the blush rising on his neck, so he tapped Aedion on the elbow and hissed, “that’s really not necessary”, all the while acutely aware of the general’s amused expression.

Aedion raised an eyebrow at his husband, and offered his hand again to the general. “I must apologize,” he said smoothly, without missing a beat. “I am the captain of the guard’s husband, Aedion.”

Chaol flashed an obscene gesture behind his back at Dorian and Celaena.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while and talking with may12324 gave me the motivation to type up my thoughts.

So here’s a bit of an essay/rant about diversity in Throne of Glass. There are some things this series does really well (which should be acknowledged and celebrated), and other things that I think are problematic, and I believe it’s important to discuss both these things.

Under the cut for more (this contains spoilers for the series so far).

If you’re not in the mood for reading critical discussion about your favourite books then feel free to ignore this post, and maybe come back to it at a time when you’re in the mood for something like this 🙂

“You gave me the truth today, so I’ll share mine: even if it meant
us being FRIENDS again, I don’t think I would want to go back to how
it was before—who I was BEFORE. And this…” He jerked his chin toward
the scattered crystals and the bowl of water. “I think this is a GOOD change, too. Don’t fear it.”

Dorian left, and Chaol opened his mouth, but no WORDS came out.
He was too stunned. When Dorian had spoken, it hadn’t been a prince who
looked at him. It had been a KING.”

“I should go to bed,” she said. He raised his eyebrows. “Alone,” she added. She had opened the bedroom door and slid inside before he could stop her. “Good night.”

Dorian leaned against the door, bringing his face close to hers. “Good night,” he whispered, and she didn’t stop him as he kissed her again. He broke it off before she was ready, and she almost fell onto the ground as he removed his weight from the door. He laughed softly.

“Good night,” she said again, heat rushing to her face. Then he was gone.

Celaena strode to the balcony and flung open the doors, embracing the chill air. Her hand rose to her lips and she stared up at the stars, feeling her heart grow, and grow, and grow.

“Who said anything about shame?” She gestured down to her naked body, even though it was covered by the blanket. “Honestly, I’m surprised you’re not strutting about, boasting to everyone. I certainly would be if I’d tumbled me.”
“Does your love for yourself know no bounds?”
“Absolutely none.”

Aelin:*lost her kingdom and her family and was forced to become an assassin, only to then lose her boyfriend, get put into slavery, work for the man that destroyed her kingdom, lose her best friend and a man who is potentially her soul mate*

2. They have created every bond possible to a person in that world except for a sexual one. That is the natural next step.

3. They are closer than a married couple. No other husband would be able to stand it.

4. Their magic complements one another.

5. They are both Fae.

6. He will help her regain her throne.

7. She cannot marry Dorian because they both must rule countries in their own right, and the people of Terrasen would never consent to be joined to Adarlan in one kingdom.

8. Celaena has finally let go of Chaol. He was what she needed to come back after Endovier, but she is too morally ambiguous and wild for such a straightforward guy.

9. Sarah J Maas has cited Katniss’ reaction to Prim’s death as inspiration for Celaena’s reaction to Nehemia’s. Though it was not specifically Chaol’s fault (just like Prim’s was not Gale’s), Celaena is unable to separate the two notions (Nehemia’s death and Chaol’s involvement) in her head, and thus will never be able to look at Chaol the same way.

10. Dorian’s love for Celaena helped him become the man he is, but they are now just beautiful friends.

11. Sarah J Maas is in love with Rowan.

12. Nobody understands Celaena like Rowan.

13. Rowan has always seen Celaena as Aelin, her true self, whereas her other love interests see her first and foremost as Celaena, a persona she is on the road to putting behind her for good.

14. Rowan gave Celaena her tattoo, one that matches his own. One that would need lots of explaining and emotional conversation with a potential other lover, but with Rowan she doesn’t need words. He already knows.

15. Rowan’s love for Celaena is hinted at when his “kitty-cat friend” asks Celaena her age, she tells him, and he turns to Rowan and says, “good luck.”

16. Rowan is the only one that knows everything about Celaena and her past.

17. Rowan is the only person she has met that is equal to her in every way.

“He ripped his cold magic from the air and turned it inward, wrapping it around his heart.”

It killed me to read this because the thing about Dorian is that I never considered him to suffer. He’s the prince and yes he has a horrible father who he has to continuously fake submission to but I never really felt that his feelings suffered for it. But then this line… Dorian has a heart and now I want to protect it at all costs. And the way this book ended totally fucked Dorian over, he is in the worst state and someone needs to get their shit together in order to save him or I will slip into a miserable-feels-induced coma.

2) The burnout

While Celaena was keeping the fires going at the celebration and she nearly burned herself out- that was intense. I found myself reading that chapter so quickly but so thoroughly, I couldnt afford to skip a word but I also couldnt linger on one word for too long. When it happened it’s when I knew that Celaena and Rowan were meant to be whatever they’re meant to be. I love them so much, I can’t believe how beautifully and painfully their relationship evolved in this book.

“Like the ebb and flow of the tide, the bath froze, then melted, froze, then melted, slower each time. And each time, the cold soaked into her a bit more, numbing her, urging her body to relax.

Ice and fire. Frost and embers. Locked in a battle, pushing and pulling. Beneath it, she could almost taste Rowan’s steel will slamming against her magic- a will that refused to let the fire burn her into nothing.”

And then, obviously I went mad when he finally saw her Endovier scars and his reaction, but really it was when she was burning out and he felt the urgency of her pain and he was literally the only one who could help her that I lost my shit and knew that part would stick with me.

3) The whipping

“‘Please,’ Celaena whispered. There was a crack, and the world fragmented as Rowan bowed when the whip sliced into his back. He gritted his teeth, hissing, but did not cry out.”

This was just one of those moments while reading that I could imagine so vividly that it hurt. I just can’t read it and not think about if this were made into a movie, how awful and ugly I would look while sobbing to this scene.

4) Sorscha’s beheading

“‘No.’

Chaol thought he had not heard it, the wind that cleaved through the air just before the guard’s sword did.

One blow from that mighty sword.

That was all it took to sever Sorscha’s head.

The scream that erupted out of Dorian was the worst sound that Chaol had ever heard.”

This was just the most unexpected, brutal, devastating part of this book. Like. JESUS CHRIST. I was in love with Sorscha. She was incredible and silently strong and so important. And she was so good for Dorian. Not anymore *cries*

5) I love you

“Chaol stared at Dorian in mute horror as his friend’s eyes glowed a deep, raging blue, and the prince snarled at the king, ‘Don’t you touch him.’…[Chaol] looked at his friend, perhaps for the last time, and said what he had always known, from the moment they’d met, when he’d understood that the prince was his brother in soul. ‘I love you.’”

I feel like this is something that not many authors would do. It’s a line that’s not really ever crossed. “I love you” is hardly ever said in such a serious and emotional manner between two people that aren’t romantically involved and that aren’t of opposite sex. There’s so much love between Chaol and Dorian and i’m astonished and greatful at how starkly it is expressed.

Throughout the entire book, Chaol had this huge flaw of not choosing sides and not making up his mind and I wasn’t sure if I felt the same about him anymore until he said that to Dorian. Because now I know for sure where he stands and it gives me hope that if he can freely love Dorian and his magic, then he can freely love Celaena even if she’s also Aelin.

Okay, I had the exact same problem!
But what you need to remember is that Sam is the begining of her journey.
He is before Dorian and Chaol, when she is at her all time high; the protégé of the King of Assassins.
Sam is who made her happy. To read about him is to understand her pain, its to love her and her success.
And The Assassin’s Blade isn’t just about Sam, you get to meet Ansel (loml) and see her relationship with Celaena. You meet Arobynn and understand why every single person in this fandom hates him SO FREAKING MUCH.

I feel like Sam isn’t really dead…I dont know, maybe it’s wishful thinking but maybe Arobynn saved him and made Celaena think he was dead so she would kill Jayne, get caught, etc….I want Sam to be alive BUT CHAOL!!!

How to make SamXCelaena shippers upset with three words:
PATCH OF SPIDERSILK.

HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND by Daughtry

You and I both, we come from different worldsI’m a small town kid and you’re an uptown girlWe’ve both been hurt, we got a few scarsBut it don’t matter now, we’re staring at the stars

When it comes to my heart you gotta catch and fallDeep down in my soul I know that I would dieIf I didn’t have you how could I ever fly?100 miles beyond the sky

It’s feeling like we’re high above the groundIt’s feeling like we never coming downTil we want toBut why would we want to (now)?

Remember that day, we knew it from the startWe’ve come a long way and we’re gonna go farI see the future in your eyesForever and always, you and I

It’s feeling like we’re high above the groundIt’s feeling like we never coming downTil we want toBut why would we want to (now)?

When we’re so close to heavenThen we gonna like this paradiseIt’s gonna be too hard to sayGoodnight yeah

It’s feeling like we’re high above the groundIt’s feeling like we never coming downTil we want toBut why would we want to now?

OOPS I CRIED CUZ SAM AND CELAENA.

OOPS.

honestly why did i think making a samlaena mix would be a good idea i’m dying

I miss Nox. I can’t let him go. I want him and Celaena as bffs, kicking royal ass.

I remember reading that he’s going to come back. I just can’t wait.

I want Nox back. So much.

Sarah J Mass:i dont ALWAYS write things thatll ruin my readers lives

Sarah J Mass:but when i do

Sarah J Mass:i make sure it happens in the last 10pages

Sarah J Maas:*holds up Heir of Fire and laughs evilly*

Whatever you do don’t think about Rowan sleeping alone. Don’t think about him sleeping on one side of the bed even though Aelin isn’t next to him. Don’t do it. You’ll catch the feels.

He did that anyway when his mate died

oh yeah, throne of glass! i love that book. celaena, dorian, nehemia and [looks at smudged writing on hand] chalk

This is horrible

poor Chaol!

Fave character: *Confirmed dead*

Me: Haha show me their corpse and then I’ll believe it

Writers: It’s right there

Writers: They’re dead

Writers Never coming back

Me: Nah they’re fine

How I imagine Dorian and Rowan meeting will go

Dorian:I’m a hot, magical prince that Aelin loves

Rowan:I’m a hot, magical prince that Aelin loves

Dorian:

Dorian:

Dorian:

Dorian:I, as an artist who respects creative integrity and intellectual property, I am disgusted at how much you have copied me! You’re a laughing stock. It’s cheesy, it’s disgusting. I personally found it artistically atrocious! I am embarrassed to be sitting here in your presence having to even dignify you with an answer of my opinion.

everyone:hoe don’t do it

celaena:*does it*

everyone:oh my god

Queen Aelin Ashryver Galathynius:*can kill a man with her bare hands, is the most notorious and ruthless assassin in the world, is a fairy warrior goddess, has fire magic powers, is going to kill King Havilliard and take back her kingdom*

Prince Dorian Havilliard:she’s wifey material

Celaena:Hoe don’t do it

Chaol:*bans Celaena from the Yulemas ball*

Celaena:Oh my god

Celeana Sardothien:Of course I think you are both great guys, Chaol and *looks at smudged writing on hand* Dorito!

Moment of silence for the death of beautiful character. RIP Sam Cortland.
*sobs for weeks*

I’m reading the Throne of Glass novellas and Sam is amazing! It kills me because I know what’s going to happen…

Ah I remember reading the little assassin stories of Sam cortland. Pain. I remember there was a lot of pain.

First off, sorry this took so long to post. I’ve been swamped by homework and the only reason I’ve been posting anything is that I’ve had a lot of drafts I literally just have to click two buttons.

ANYWAY, I’ve thought a little about who Nesryn could be. There’s a few returning characters that she might be, like Lysandra or Elide, or she could be a totally new character. I’ve also seen theories about how she might be one of the slaves that Celaena freed in Skull’s Bay. That makes sense to me, especially because of her last name. It sounds pretty Eyllwe to me.From the little we know about her, she would be a good character to be returning from Aelin’s past. It’s obvious she’s going to be pretty important, so it would make sense if she does end up being a returning character. Whether she is or isn’t, we’re going to be seeing a lot of characters from Aelin’s past start to return here soon.

Right now I’m thinking that she’s going to be a new character, but I can totally see her being a returning character. I’ve thought about it though, and the people that I’m considering (Lysandra/Elide) already have pretty important roles in both Celaena’s past and Aelin’s future, which I think makes it less likely for them to come back in a totally different role. I mean it could definitely work, but I just don’t think that’s as much of a possibility. I can see her more as one of the slaves or silent assassins that we were kind of introduced to but not in detail.

Bottom of the line, no matter who she is, she’s going to badass and fantastic and a great addition to the squad

rowan and aelin like to share a bed. fleetfoot used to sleep in aelin’s bed before she left. now imagine rowan and fleetfoot battling for space in the same bed while aelin grins smugly and steals all the blankets

Plot twist:
Dorian and Chaol have been sleeping together. Arobynn proposes to Celaena. Celaena dyes her hair pink. And fleetfoot turns into a unicorn.

After reading Heir of Fire I decided that I’ll re-do this for the next book which will obviously be called

I return to my rightful throne of glass motherf*cker Here we go The King of Adarlan gets murdered by neon sea monkeys. Celaena becomes a tumblr girl. Dorian has a steamy shower with chaol (I ship it) The chocolate hazelnut cake has been causing the dark magic all along. And Manon tries wine for the first time.

Aelin: Today’s a good day.

Rowan: Today’s a good day.

King of Adarlan: Hi

Aelin:…

Rowan: …

King of Adarlan: I came here to have a good time but honestly I am feeling attacked right now.

Hi I’m auditioning for the role of Sam Cortland and I’ll be singing Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

Forever in constant denial that Sam Cortland is really dead

Confirmed for Queen of Shadows:

-Celaena will now be written as Aelin in 3rd POV
-Rowan has a significant amount of page time
-The opening scene begins with Dorian
-We find out who Aedion’s father is
-There will be more Cadre scenes [swoon]
-Witchling babies will appear as will Crochan witches
-New countries will be introduced
-We find out which assassin murdered the royal family of Terrasen
-New characters (such as Nesyrn Faliq) will be introduced

-We’re all going to die

THRONE OF GLASS SERIES SPOILERS MAYBE

but I’m a little confused will somebody please explain to me, wasn’t it made obvious that arobynn was the assassin who killed celaena’s family? like beyond explicitly stating it?

because she was found on the side of the river by arobynn, and was given the choice go with him or die (because otherwise he’d kill her himself).

and the news report said the assassin who killed the royal family met aelin on the banks of the river

plus if you’re the king of adarlan and have tons of money and only one shot at assassinating terrasen’s royal family, aren’t you going to hire THE KING OF ASSASSINS to do the job? why go to anything less than the best?

but i see a lot of posts speculating about it and saying it will be revealed in QoS, but reading between the lines wasn’t it already revealed ages ago?

Ok so I had just finished reading Crown of Midnight and I decided to read The Assassins Blade next. Before when I heard about Sam in the first two books I was like whatever it’s all about Chaol.But then I read the AB and I was like .SAM SAM MY BABY I FUCKING LOVE YOU AKFJJRNFIFNGKF. As I was getting near the end I was flipping OU cuz I new he was going to die (I was reading this during class) When I got to the part where it was like Sam was dead I threw the book at the wall and started crying my eyes out….. My teacher asked me if I needed help

If you haven’t read The Assassins Blade, you’re seriously missing out on some Sam Cortland feels

The thing is, we all know for certain that the King of Adarlan is evil. He has no other redeeming qualities. The guy signed his own death sentence even before we had met him. Maeve, on the other hand, I think a lot of us aren’t too sure about? Personally, I dislike her. I don’t care what her ultimatum is, she still enslaved her warriors and made them whip each other whenever she pleased. She also never sent aid to Terrasen, only claiming to host sanctuary to all of those who could make it across the sea to Doranelle. But, she did mention a few times that she desires to see Aelin reclaim her throne. Perhaps she only meant that so to manipulate her young relative once she takes up that king of power, but I’m not ready to label her “evil” just yet. She’s merely (ok…VERY) problematic.

But yeah, getting back to the question: I’d ship them as an evil BROTP. Lol.

send me any ship, and I mean ANY ship, and I’ll tell you if its an OTP, BROTP, or NOTP!

After analyzing everything I’m convinced this series is about the transformations of Celaena and Dorian. I predict they’ll either end up together or rule their separate kingdoms with an alliance. Dorian never questioned or resented Celaena for her true identity and prior “occupations” In fact, he was the one who brought her out of Endovier by his command. They have the cutest friendship but with a fiery passion underlying the surface of their innocent gestures which makes for an intense [possible] romantic pairing. Not to mention, regardless of who you ship in this series, there’s a shit ton of foreshadowing that would suggest Dorian x Aelin being endgame. Here are a few…

“There is a queen in the north, and she has already beaten you once. She will beat you again. And again. Because what she represents, and what your son represents, is what you fear most: hope.”
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“One of them has to break,” the queen said to the princess.
“Only then can it begin.”
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“When Celaena got back, when she returned as she’d sworn she would… they would set about changing the world together.”
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But to surmise, I’m very open minded regarding the many possible ships in this series. I’ve shipped her with almost everyone by now, including her own self. If Sarah ends up not giving Aelin a love interest in the end, I wouldn’t mind. She’s built a strong enough character to do that 🙂

I have a crackpot theory where Abraxos is actually a man turned wyvern (by the King because lets be honest, its not as if the man hasn’t been turning people into monsters already) or he was a fae but was trapped in his wyvern form when magic faded. And if that is the case, I totally ship Abraxos x Manon!

I’m not certain who to ship Chaol with. I think he needs to do a little self-exploring before he dives back into the world of dalliances and flirting! But as for shipping him and Ansel? I guess I could see the potential, but I wouldn’t want that to occur. It would be too strange, all considering how they’d eventually meet one another (through Aelin herself). However, I’ve been doing my daily stalking of Sarah J Maas’ Pinterest board and found an image depicting Ansel alongside a massive lion. Someone commented it could have been Rowan’s “Kitty-Cat Friend” to which SJM replied “you might be on to something..” !!!

I can see that happening. They’re both under the King’s possession (quite literally) and they’ve both been said to have ulterior motives that would suggest they were against the King before he enslaved them. If not an OTP, than maybe a badass BROTP? Two supposedly evil characters helping one another regain their lives from a common enemy. I like it. [dark smirk]

send me any ship, and I mean ANY ship, and I’ll tell you if its an OTP, BROTP, or NOTP!

Already answered (with a ton of detail) but I’ll say it again: BROTP/ OTP. They’re my favorite couple (for any type of relationship) in the entire series. And since this series is my favorite, they’re my favorite pairing. OF ALL TIME. I worship their friendship but I’d also be happy if it became something more. (✿◠‿◠)

send me any ship, and I mean ANY ship, and I’ll tell you if its an OTP, BROTP, or NOTP!

NOTP. I love both characters but I wouldn’t want them to end up together for various reasons. I have a theory that Abraxos is a human turned wyvern or a fae stuck in wyvern form and I’d ship those two in a heartbeat. Also, if Rowan were to end up with anyone in this series (romantically) I’d want it to be Aelin. However, the two of them would be great allies together! Perhaps they’ll fight side by side when (if) they’re both in Aelin’s rebel army.

send me any ship, and I mean ANY ship, and I’ll tell you if its an OTP, BROTP, or NOTP!

YES. OMG. I LOVE THEM, too bad Sam is gone and Sarah isn’t planning on bringing him back

I shouldn’t have read the Throne of Glass novellas. There isn’t even any scenes of Sam alive in the first two ToG books but now I’ve read the novellas all I want is for Sam to make a miraculous recovery in Heir of Fire or something, like maybe he never really passed. :(:(

Do you know why everyone’s hating on Chaol? ;o ’cause I don’t get it…he’s such a great guy ;o

To be honest, there a thousand reasons why people are hating on Chaol. Some say he was repulsed by Celaena and Dorian after their big reveals, some say he is just a general pain in the arse.
But to be honest, I think Chaol Westfall is a prime example of character development, and in many ways (after reading The Assassin’s Blade) I see a lot of Sam Cortland in him.

He went from being so cold towards Celaena because she was this murderer and assassin, but then went on to open up to her. He saw the good in her and she did with him. I love it in books where a relationship blooms between a couple where there is a large degree of Skinny Love– the two are obviously in love but neither one mentions it.

Despite everything, Chaol has always been there to the degree’s which he is capable. I get where some people come from with certain aspects of him. But come on people. Mr Westfall is just Grumpy Cat personified.

And we love him for it.

Even if Chaolaena happens or not. Even if Chaol makes it to the end or not. I will always support him, regardless of other peoples largely unjustified hatred towards him.

*Sidenote- Just because I like Chaol doesn’t mean I don’t like Dorian or Rowan or Aedion, because lets face it, if you’ve been following my blog for at least a day you’ll know I adore all three (MAKES LOVEY DOVEY EYES AT ROWAN)*

I’m just loving this Sam x Celaena banter 🙂

I don’t want to ship you guys cause this is only the prequel and I don’t want to get my heart broken but it’s hard cause you two are adorable little idiots

aedion: i can protect her better rowan: no i can aedion: ive known her longer rowan: were carranam aedion: ive served and protected her since birth rowan: well we all know how that turned out aedion: launches himself at rowan aelin: kills arobynn aelin: kills king aelin: rebuilds empire aelin: now now boys you can both protect me

all i want in life is a sam cortland

is that so much to ask for

Reading the throne of glass novellas is so painful bc they introduce Sam
And he’s great so far (I just finished the novella about the pirate lord)
He’s definitely the best match for Celaena out of Chaol and Dorian (don’t kill me I’ve only read the first book so far)
But I know he dies
And the thought itself just causes me misery

Sarah:I see that you like this funny, smart, awesome character.

Sarah:wouldn’t it be funny

Sarah:if something

Sarah:were to happen

Sarah:to them?

Me:

Me:

Me:

Me:hoe don’t do it

Sarah:*brutally kills character*

Me:Oh my God

Celaena (ToG): I don’t hate you. And I don’t think you’re like them. I’m—I’m sorry if I’ve hurt you. I’m joking most of the time.

Celaena (CoM): Thank you for all that you have done for me, Dorian. Thank you for being my friend. For not being like the others.

Dorian (HoF): But he had seen her—seen glimpses of the person beneath, regardless of name or title. And he knew, deep down, that she had not blinked at his magic but rather understood that burden, and that fear. She had not walked away or wished him to be anything but what he was.

Hello Cassie. I know you’re always very busy but I have got this question on my mind for one month more or less and I don’t have any idea of how I can answer that and because it is on Julian and Emma I taught that you can answer that. I wanted to know why you decide to switch the role and make Emma the one with experience and Julian the one who doesn’t even had a girlfriend. ‘Cause I think it’s going to be pretty awkward and probably that means that Julian is super calm and probably shy. I know it is a stupid thing but a lot of people are asking the same thing so I taught that you can answer that, to make me and the other fans happy. — hgcastloveyou

There’s a lot of stuff to unpack in this ask.

First, the idea of “switching roles.” Well, that only applies if you are hewing to a world view that matches up with romance novels as they were written twenty years ago — that all romances are between a blushing virginal girl and a very experienced man. It’s not like we don’t see that heavily traditional view in popular entertainment now (Fifty Shades of Gray) — but that doesn’t mean there’s any real narrative reason to stick to it except the thinking that you should give people what they expect because they expect it.

This anxiety is not about sex. It is about power. It is about the idea that sexual experience matches up with other “power markers” that are coded as masculine: wealth, dynastic power, fame. It is about the idea that a woman with more power than a man is an uncomfortable thing, and a deep seated discomfort with the idea that if Emma has dated before, and Julian hasn’t, and she has more experience than him, than that means she has more power than he does/will run roughshod over him/he will be a wimp.

Now, it isn’t like there aren’t romances that don’t flip this stuff, with great success. Think of Outlander. There is nothing “awkward” about the fact that Claire has experience and Jamie doesn’t. It doesn’t mean she has all the power. It means they have power in different arenas of their lives. It also is useful in showing that sex isn’t necessarily a marker of power. Sometimes sex is just sex.

I have no idea why Julian not having dated before means he would be shy and calm. Simon, Will, Jem, Alec, Gideon, Gabriel — none of them dated before; we’ve all seen them with their first girlfriends/boyfriends. Will is the opposite of shy and calm. It’s not like men have sex for the first time and then become masters of the universe, capable of slaying demons and rescuing maidens in a way they weren’t previously.

Emma is older than Clary. Clary started out at fifteen in the books: Emma is seventeen, almost eighteen. It should be okay for a girl that age, in a book, to have had safe consensual sex with a boyfriend before, and to continue to be a normal girl. Clary was a virgin; Jace wasn’t. Tessa and Will were both virgins. In this case, Emma isn’t a virgin and Julian is. I’m not flipping roles so much as exploring different configurations.

Julian is not avoiding sex and relationships because he is shy. Julian is avoiding sex and relationships because he has secrets he can’t share, and he doesn’t want to sleep with someone he can’t share his personal secrets with. That’s his choice, and it’s a reasonable one for the character — but it doesn’t mean he’s weak or undesirable or unable to connect with other people. Or that his relationship with Emma is “awkward.” I think here is where I should say that it is a good idea to keep in mind that Lady Midnight may in no way be the book you expect it to be. There’s no way, at this early stage to know what it’s like/about/what the relationships are/how they play out. Jules and Emma are parabatai — as the book opens, that’s the only relationship they do have, and if Julian were to become more to Emma, and they had a romantic relationship, he would not be so much of a huge a-hole as to hold it against her that she had boyfriend(s) before. And that is already a lot of ifs.

Though the “traditional” relationship may be experienced man + inexperienced woman, there’s no reason for all of us only to ever write that one kind of relationship. If all books were about the same relationship, the world would be a boring place!

“When we die, do you think we’ll be punished for the things we’ve done?”

—

Sam Cortland.

“When we die, I don’t think the gods will even know what to do with us.”

“I get scared too,” he murmured onto her skin. “You want to hear something ridiculous? Whenever I’m scared out of my wits, I tell myself: My name is Sam Cortland…and I will not be afraid. I’ve been doing it for years.”

—

Sam Cortland – The Assassin and the Empire by Sarah J. Maas

If you want to make me cry, this is how to do it.

“She didn’t want to go out into a world where he didn’t exist. So she watched the light shift and change, and let the world pass by without her.”

—

The Assassin and the Empire – Sarah J Maas

“He brushed his lips against hers. “I love you,” he breathed against her mouth. “And from today onward, I want to never be separated from you. Wherever you go, I go. Even if that means going into Hell itself, wherever you are, that’s where I want to be. Forever.””

—

Sam Cortland – The Assassin and the Underworld

Knowing how things end, this really hurts. And it makes me scared to read The Assassin and the Empire.

“In the silence of her bedroom, she swore an oath to the moonlight that if Sam were hurt, no force in the world would hold her back from slaughtering everyone responsible.”

Sam Cortland, saying the words that dissolved me into a puddle of sobs because Celaena will always carry those words with her

“The body smelled faintly like Sam. And the cheap soap she’d made him use, because she was so selfish that she couldn’t let him have her lavender soap.

Celaena buried her face in his cold, stiff shoulder. There was a strange, musky scent all over him—a smell that was so distinctly not Sam that she almost vomited again.

”

—

Assassin’s Blade, by Sarah J. Maas

Filed Under: Reasons I don’t think Sam Cortland is dead.

“I love you,” he repeated, shaking her again. “I have for years. And he hurt you and made me watch because he’s always know how I felt, too. But if I asked you to pick, you’d choose Arobynn, and I. Can’t. Take. It.”

—

Sam to Celaena, Assassin and the underworld by Sarah J Maas

“She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest.
And then she would remember how it had felt to be loved, when the world held nothing but possibility. No matter what they did to her, they could never take that away.
She would not break.
And someday … someday, even it took her until her last breath, she’d find out who had done this to her. To Sam.”

—

The Assassin and The Empire, Sarah J Maas

“I can wait,” he said thickly, kissing her collarbone. “We have all the time in the world.”

Reading the 4th novella broke my heart. We all know how it ends. We all know that Sam dies. And that makes it a lot harder to read. It took me the whole day to go through those 100 pages relishing in how much I love Sam and how sad it is that he had to die before the story even began.

All Celaena’s romantic interests have been amazing and great to read about. And all seem worthy, but Sam so far has higher ranking for me.

“As the memory of that day echoed through her, she remembered the words Sam kept screaming at Arobynn, as the King of the Assassins beat her, the words that she’d somehow forgotten in the fog of pain: I’ll kill you! Sam had said it like he meant it. He’d bellowed it, again and again and again…”